CVE-2021-1462
MEDIUMCisco SD-WAN vManage Software - Privilege Escalation via Malicious File Parsing
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have a valid Administrator account on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to incorrect privilege assignment. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected system with an Administrator account and creating a malicious file, which the system would parse at a later time. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain root privileges on the affected system.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
18.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (39)
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager
17.2.4
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager
17.2.5
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager
17.2.6
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager
17.2.7
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager
17.2.8
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager
17.2.9
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager
17.2.10
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager
18.2.0
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager
18.3.1
cisco/catalyst_sd-wan_manager
18.3.1.1
... and 29 more
Published
Nov 18, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026